Mold for golf tees



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0. A. YOUNGREN ET AL MOLD FOR GOLF TEES Filed May 23, 1922 OscarAYMngren HGottlob Klump.

Patented Dec. 9, 1924 LMMIYS earner onion.

OSCAR ANDREW YOUNG-BEN, OF NEW YORK, AND GOTTLOB KLUMPP, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Il /[OLD FOR Application filed May 23,

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that we, OsoAR A. YOUNGREN and GOTTLOB KLUMPP, citizens of the United States, residing, the said Youngren at New York, in the county and State of New York, and the said Klumpp at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Molds for Golf Tees, of which the following is a specification.

Our said invention consists in a mold for forming tees for golf balls, the same being of a light, comparatively inexpensive struc ture and one conveniently carried and easily manipulated by the hand.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 shows one of said molds as ready for use,

Figure 2 a sectional view through the same, and

Figure 3 a view of the tee after being formed, with a golf ball indicated by dotted lines in the position which it occupies when placed on the tee.

Said mold consists preferably of a single piece of metal comprising two side members 10 and a top member 11 joined to the side members 10 by spring members 12. Said side members 10 have projecting ears 13 on their adjacent edges to limit the closing movement and apertures 14 in their sides for finger holds. The top or cap member 11 is concave on its upper side and convex on its lower side so as to form a slight depres sion in the top of the tee. Normally the spring members 12 hold the side members 10 somewhat apart but being flexible they are readily compressed to shape the tee, the closing movement being limited by ears 13.

GOLF TEES.

1922. Serial N0. 563,023.

The two members 10 together form a cone-shaped mold corresponding to the desired form of the tee. The device is used by taking the same in the hand, the thumb and second finger over the apertures 14 on opposite sides, and the end of the fore finger in the concave top 11 and then press the same into the damp sand forming the tee exactly in accordance with the shape of the mold. By pressing the two parts together the tee is readily formed and given the shape desired. Immediately on releasing the pressure of the fingers on the sides of the mold the spring members 12 cause the side members to expand and the mold can be lifted free of the sand leaving the tee in perfect form.

Having thus fully described our said in vention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A mold for forming golf tees formed of a single piece of metal and comprising two side members normally separated and together shaped to form the body of the tee with a top member adapted to form the top of the tee, spring members integrally formed with the top and side members, and connecting said side members and said top member whereby when the side members are released from pressure they expand and separate to release the mold from the tee, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at New York, New York, this 22nd day of May. A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-two.

OSQAR ANDREW YOUNGREN. [L. GOTTLOB KLUIVIEP. Witnesses:

ANNA M. LUNDBERG, Bnssrn LAHEY. 

